lateral occipital artery

(redirected from P3 segment of posterior cerebral artery)

lat·er·al oc·cip·i·tal ar·ter·y

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one of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; supplies medial and ventral portions of the temporal lobe through anterior, intermediate, medial, and posterior temporal branches; can be called the P3 segment of the posterior cerebral artery.

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